The WIMBEWAI(N)F Club - Only a few more to find!

[BuckyAndCocktails]

New thread girlies....running out of credit on the stupid hotel internet connection...so can't say anything..duh..

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Woohoo Mob - again wishing you the best of luck for today! Good luck for the transfer today GG, two very good ones is great news Wishing you the best of luck! If it was your appt yesterday Ei, I hope it went well? I know it happened a little while ago, but I did 'awww' quite a bit at your dd's comments MrsH. Glad the 4 day week is working out for you and things are falling into place a little more. Altho I agree with Mob - what are you doing running for the bus woman?? Did you have a fab time away Bucky? I'm pleased to hear the dildocam went well, although not so pleased to hear af arrived for you . Hope dh's date with the wankyporn room goes ok (not so sure he needs my 'best wishes' but the sentiment is there ). How's the clomid going? I currently have a face akin to my former 14yr old self (although with obviously more lines - may be joining you in the botox queue soon!) and bloating that has ensured my wetsuit looks like it belongs to someone else! I think you've probably left now but hope you have a fab time away jb - will the cub be trialing the british seaside again? 6wks is great Caitni, I can fully understand your worry over your scan, it must be difficult. Not that it helps you worry less but I've got a really good feeling about your little bean. Hope you have a fab time with your friend this weekend and she helps to keep your mind free and away from google. Hope the cooler weather is better for you r4n2&3? Not long for you either now! We're off to Paignton Zoo now, am not usually a massive fan of zoo's but have heard they've done Great Things and are amazing with the animals. Then we move down to Swanage (Dorset) for a night of camping with Dh's friends - carefully engineered so as not to meet the first baby of the group of friends (born a few weeks ago) - is that bad?? Just decided I couldn't really cope with it. Wish I could but I'm a little bit emotional at the mo (which I'm blaming heavily on the chlomid ). Anyway, best give up the phone now - its also our satnav and Dh is starting to panic at the lack of instruction - my vague waving of hands doesn't quite cut it apparently!

Wow, naughty phone didn't put my paragraphs in. Hope you can understand it all!

Another quick drop in to say good luck to MOB. How exciting....two new more additions to the WIMBEWAIF family . Love JBs acknowledgement of your last twin free evening, that wouldn't even occur to me and I would die of shock the next day realising my life had changed!!

GG I am so proud of my cyber eggneices/eggnephews . Glad they are doing well and will be thinking of you this afternoon [higs].

PnM I am having a month off my clomid. I can't take the psycho days this month, 3 people from our project team of 5 are all on holiday at the same time. If I become a psycho I will not cope! Besides I only got three months and I will have more than two to wait till the IVF starts. It also freaks me out a bit, because the effect on my cycle is so dramatic. Good preparation for the IVF I guess but spooky nonetheless. Hope your hols are/were really fun. xx

DP went to the wankyporn room (another one apparently to the one I witnessed, who knew?) this morning and despatched the required sample. So now its onwards to next Wednesday for the form filling and then the big wait. .

Hope you are feeling better MrsH.

Big wave to everyone else.

It is so great that everyone is getting such positive news, but I can't help being a bit sad that eventually we will not need the WIMBEWAIF thread anymore and you will all go away . I love it that everyone still drops in when pg and after the dcs are born, maybe we will just have different kind of thread. Although I will be still here considering calling Madonna asking if she has a spare baby for me...

I am cracking up laughing with tears rolling down my face as I write this...This is DPs account of the wanky porn room this morning, he emailed me:

Thought I arrived early at 9:15.

There were 7 other w*ers in front of me.

Everyone sits in the waiting room looking nervous and fidgety in complete deathly silence.

The receptionist calls your name when its your go, gives you a pot and tells you which room to use (there are two)

My time came at 9:54.

I was in room number 2.

The room has a bed with a plastic sheet, a sink, a tv and a cupboard.

There were a couple of pictures portraying scenes (sketches) from the Moulin Rouge, I would assume to give the room some ambience.

In the cupboard there are lots of old magazines and there is a pair of headphones connected to the tv for you to listen to the dvd (if required).

I didn?t use books or the dvd.

I left room number 2 at 10:09.

I didn?t like it.

Aw bless...my poor DP ...too funny.

Another quickie as DD is throwing herself around yelling "mummy, look at me!"

GG good luck for your transfer. Sure it will all go smoothly.

Bucky LOL at your DPs' visit to the wanky porn room. I actually think that room sounds rather high class. At ACU there is one room with two very well thumbed magazines, no DVDs or pictures on the walls. And this was private, not NHS. But as DH said "at least there was a lock on the door, but they could make the pots a bit bigger". re being unprepared for a baby. I am like you - when DD was born it really didn't occur to me that I would be getting a baby until they handed her to me. I think I thought it would be like getting a kitten or something...

MOB hopefully by now you are a mummy again. I hope you're taking it easy and enjoying getting to know the boys.

Back soon

hello all,

I am back with two embies inside me - now re-christened Jake and Elwood, after the Famous Five was disbanded (DH is a Blues Brothers fan ) I get to test on the 23rd (and absolutely not before ) so the agony of the 2WW begins in ernest.

Bucky - I am wetting myself laughing at your poor DP's experience. It sound slike he hated it. It is utterly humiliating, especially if there is a queue. I can just imagine them all staring at their feet. But as my DH said, he'd still prefer the occasional enforced wank into a pot to needles and having the dildocam shoved up him . Does he know about the "walk of shame" through the waiting room when he gets to the Hammersmith IVF clinic? OMG, just realised that my DH went to the same wanky porn room as your DP He advised me this morning that he has used both in the past and that the quality of the DVD pornography was higher than expected

As for the WIMBEWAINF thread, it won't disintegrate!. We're all still here and your IVF treatment will come round in no time. Sounds trite, but I can't believe how quickly the last few months have flown by and it will be your turn before you know it.

MOB - I couldn't be more excited for you about your twins arriving today than if I was getting a real niece or nephew

picknmix - have fun at the zoo and I'm sorry to hear the Clomid is still having negative effects on you, you poor thing. How are the hot flushes? It is completely understandable that you don't fancy being around new borns and doting parents. I have found it very tough in the past too, so it's utterly human and you're doing a nicer thing by politely staying away than feeling awkward/upset because of the huge hormonal load you have to carry at the moment and the emotional rollercoaster of TTC. I was in Clapham yesterday and the place is awash with women and buggies More so than anywhere else in the whole wide world I think The spying of babies everywhere and getting disgruntled by bumps around every corner is definitely amplified when you're out and about during the working day, like unemployed ol' me. I felt like I had joined the local NCT already, I was so overwhelmed by Bugaboos! Have a lovely, lovely holiday and I'll look out for the holiday pics on Facebook

caitni - have a wonderful time with your best friend this weekend! Have you told her your exciting BFP news? As she is such a close friend, she would probably guess if you are uncharacteristically off the sauce for the weekend? OMG, I just read that back - I not implying you are usually an alchy

mrsH - has your daughter finished her gymnastics display? So cute! What news with you and the courgette? Do you have most things you need or are you shopping again for baby stuff.

Hello *ei8 - any update with you?

Big wave to readyfor2and3 and her two little ones.

GGx

Just seen this from MOB on Facebook, so thought I would post it for you ladies:

"Toby George (6lb 15) & Joel Albert arrived today by planned c-section. Both well & gorgeous! Struggling with internet on phone so if i know u from other sites pls share info!"

Ahhhhhhh They are a great weight too. Fabulous names!

Oh lovely.

hi ladies
just a quickie to say...
MASSIVE CONGRATS to MOB on the birth of the boys lovely names and i cant wait to see photos
GG brilliant that you have had ET and all went well roll on 23rd and a nice GBFP!!
hello to everyone else
my appointment went very well consultant said all results came back as very good (with the exception of DH's volume but it was only slightly lower than normal) so no physical/medical reason for our lack of BFP but he has every faith that with better timing and luck we will get preg by ourselves he has said we can still go the assistance route and has put us on the private books with an open invite in case we happen to be able to afford to pay for it (not likely) but the prices seem more reasonable now as they have been reviewed its now £200 for clomafine instead of £400 which is our choice if we decide to accept any help
anywho im happy and i feel like a huge weight has been lifted i am getting back to my diet and i WILL have my baby!!
xx ei xx

Great news MOB Congratulations and higs to the boys. It truly is a lovely warm gooey feeling...

Ei Great that you sound so positive and that you are happy with how your appointment went.

Yay MOB !! Congratulations, thats fabulous news - hope you and your family are enjoying this time together x

Ei that's lovely to hear you sounding so positive - am really pleased it was such a good appointment and has buoyed you up

How's the can canning courgette doing MrsH? Yay for being a viable courgette - must be a v good feeling to get to that stage

Didn't realise you weren't doing the clomid this cycle Bucky, can totally understand why though. If I have to say to Dh one more time 'I genuinely can't help being irrational, please stop taking it so personally' I might just scream. It is crazy how much it can effect you, isn't it? As you say, good training for any future meds we'll have to take I guess. I cried watching 'Wipeout' on tv last night. Wtf?! Oh, and I had to laugh at your Dp's assessment of the wankyporn room. Gave it to my dh to read - he's suddenly very pleased we live close enough for him to 'perform' at home (although he still has to endure the walk of shame with his little pot).

Have my fingers crossed that Elwood and Jake hang on tightly Gg. Hope you have some lovely things planned for the next few weeks to help take your mind off it? Trying to see if I can manufacture a trip into London for work so I can meet you one lunchtime but we have no stores in London so the link is very weak!! Yes, I am still getting the hot flushes. Mostly at night - I was sat in front of the tv last night rapidly stripping off to my underwear. Dh looked round, think he thought his luck was in, then he noticed the red flush and sweaty face !!

Hows your weekend going Caitni? Hope you're having a lovely time with your friend?

Best go - lots to sort out before back to work tomorrow (boo). Leaving for Manchester at silly o clock in the a.m. and really don't want to. Anyone got a spare job going??

Xx

MOB - have you come doewn to earth yet and how much sleep have you had?

ei - I am so pleased that the appointment went well and that there are no underlying issues wit you and your DH. It is great to read of a doctors appointment about reproductive health that has gone well

picknmix - yes, yes, come to London for lunch! Can you not call it a buying trip, even if you have no stores here? Going to see a supplier....? I don't have very much planned for the next couple of weeks, except for a wedding this Friday in north Scotland for a very old friend. I am thrilled that no weddings clashed with the IVF. DH has already been primed, that when I say "I'd like a gin and tonic, please" he'll bring me a glass of plain tonic water.

Caitni - any more symptoms? Are you feeling tired?

Hello to MrsH and all the others

Nothing to report here except a very imaptient, slightly irritable, very spotty GG. I blame the artificial hormones (Caitni and MOB will empathise at how, erm... pleasant it is to have to shove a progesterone suppository up your bum each night !) I don't know how I can make the next 10 days pass quickly enough. I am sooooo desperate to test and yet absolutely bloody terrified of the result. Really. I don't know what I'll do if it's BFN.

GGx

Firstly, a huge CONGRATULATIONS to Madoldbird on the birth of your two boys [caitni pops the virtual bubbly] - welcome to the world Toby and Joel . Well done MOB - you must be delighted! Such beautiful names too. Hope you're enjoying these first days together

Secondly, another big congratulations to GorgonsGin for having two lovely embryos on board . Hope Jake and Elwood are settling in nicely and snuggling down for the long haul . Did you get to freeze your other embies? I'm glad you've got the wedding this weekend to distract you from the madness that is the tww. It'll keep your mind off things and help the time to fly! Well, maybe the time won't fly but it'll help it move faster than a snail's pace...ps I'm using my progesterone vaginally which I find very easy though am looking forward to 9 weeks when I can stop (it's making me so spotty - every time I see a mirror another spot has erupted [urgh] - I'm single handedly keeping aveda in business with all the gunk I'm using to try and combat it ).

Ei yay for the good appointment! Am very glad to hear it went well. It's just the confidence boost you need after the rollercoaster you've been on

PnM hope the early start for Manchester wasn't too much of a shock to the system after your holiday! Sounds like you had a lovely holiday, although am sorry that the clomid is still making you suffer.

Bucky was at your DP's assessment, though my fella's like GGs and thinks a bit of aiming into a cup is far better than all the dildocams, drugs, needles that is our lot! Sounds like the Hammersmith have quite good "facilities" compared to the Lister . Glad you're giving yourself a break from the Clomid madness.

MrsH hope things are swell with you (maybe your can-canning courgette is going to take after her lovely older sister who sounds like a little acrobat!).

RFN2&3 & JB hope things are good with you.

So my news is that my DH has swine flu . Well, the doctor won't swab him (or even allow him into the surgery!) so not 100% sure it's swine flu but that's what it's most likely to be based on symptoms. The doctor recommended I buy face masks to wear at home...which I'm about as the NHS website pretty much dismisses face masks (this is also the doctor who told me I couldn't have honey ). If I get it then I'll get tamiflu or whatever, as pregnant women are "high risk", but for the moment he just has to stay off work and isolate himself from me (as much as our poky little flat will allow - thank god for the spare room!). And will be stocking up on disinfectant at lunch time so I can disinfect all handles taps etc and will also buy wipes and hand sanitiser and the like. Poor old DH is a pretty rubbish patient anyway but he's really suffering with the temperature and aches and pains so I feel for him. It started over the weekend, so the doctor said he should be able to make it to the scan tomorrow if he wakes up tomorrow feeling a lot better. But I'm kind of resigning myself to him not being able to make it to the scan tomorrow. Which makes me quite stressed, as I'm now convinced it won't be good news (which I know is not rational but my irrational fears have totally drowned out my rational side ). In a way I just want tomorrow to come so i can at least know one way or the other!

Congratulations MOB and MrMOB! Fantastic news. Can't wait to hear how you are getting on.

GG Hurrah for Jake and Elwood. Good look with the wait. Hope you've lots of fun stuff planned to keep your mind off it.

ei Glad the appointment went well. Your consultant sounded really nice and helpful. Great to hear you sounding so positive .

PnM Hope your trip to Manchester is OK. You'll have to let me know when you are next coming up so we can arrange a mini meet up. Perhaps ei could come across from Liverpool?

caitni Do try not to worry too much about the scan, statistics are on the side of everything being absolutely fine. Your poor DH, hope you don't catch it. I'm in fear of swine flu as my transplant means I have to take immunosuppressants. Let us know how you get on tomorrow.

Hello to everyone else. Oh and lets not let the WIMBEWAI(N)F club disband when everyone graduates. I'd miss you all.

Morning all

caitni - good luck for your scan today HUrry back and tell us if it's twins!! Soooooo excited for you and fingers and toes crossed that your DH makes it with you to see the the gorgeous bean(s). Is your poor DH feeling better today? I am LMAO at you wandering around your flat in a surgical mask . Does this mean you can carry on playing Nursie now the shots have finished? But seriously, has the GP given you any specific advice re flu v pregnancy? I can ask my GP sister as her practice has been overwhelmed with cases (Central Scotland is rife with it) My cousin had swine flu a few weeks ago, which caused a bit of an issue because she is a primary teacher! She was very unwell, but she's absolutely fine now and all her class were fine.

picknmix - hope manchester wasn't too painful. Are you feeling any better with the Clomid?

Jolly - one day we should have a thread meet up. All the alumni ladies together with their babies conceived with lots of help from the WIMBEWAIF sisterhood How is your DD?

MOB - I bet you don't have much time for posting Lots of love to Toby and Joel. How are you feeling today? You have used two of my favourite names ever, so not sure if I can forgive you for that

Big wave to bucky ready* ei *MrsH8 and everyone.

I woke up in the middle of the night with quite bad period-stylee cramps . In fact, I don't really get bad period cramps at all so this felt quite odd and they were painful enough to wake me up at 4am for half and hour. I am really hoping these pains are not sinister and I'm trying to avoid googling myself into a frenzy. What do you ladies think? I was wondering about whether they could be implantation cramps (Note to self - I must not get my hopes up!) but is that clutching at BFP straws? Did anyone else get crampy feelings? Oh well, only 8 days to go until test day

I checked the 5 day weather forecast for the wedding I am going to in northern Scotland on Friday. It's going to be heavy rain, windy and max temp of....13C !!! I looked at my southern England suitable dress, strappy sandles and hat this morning. I'm now scratching my head, about what to wear. Bugger!

GGx

Afternoon ladies

GG try not to worry about the cramps - I was told that cramps are perfectly normal although I also don't get period cramps so wasn't ever really sure if what I had was cramps iykwim. Could very well be a good sign . at the forecast for the wedding - easy to forget how cold it can get in the far north even in "summer" but just think of how nice and light it'll be. I love those short summer nights up there (I did my degree in Aberdeen and still miss the long summer days ).

JB am glad you're not in London as it seems to be a pit of swine flu infection - lots of my colleagues have caught it from their children and I'm a bit that work hasn't done anything like give us antiseptic wipes for our phones etc (many of us hotdesk around the building). Still, I'm feeling chipper and treating poor DH like typhoid mary . He waited outside the hospital today, as though he felt better we couldn't risk infecting lots of IVF and pregnant women with flu!

So, ladies, good news for us today. One healthy little bean, heart beating away nice and strong and regular . All in the right place and measuring 7 weeks 1 day (I'm actually 7 weeks on the nose today). The sonographer, who was always so lovely during treatment, was great. Spent ages showing me the different bits and bobs and the heart and gave me 9 pictures to show DH . Needless to say we're absolutely thrilled . So feeling a lot more relieved and starting to believe it's real. Roll on the 12 week scan!

PS just wanted to add that my DH drove himself down to the hospital - don't want you thinking my very own typhoid mary is tubing it around Laaandon infecting others as he goes

caitni!!! - Congratulations!! I have been hovering around the thread all day, checking to see if you'd posted and how your scan went Hurrah for your little bean!!! I bet the photos are absolutely gorgeous! I am thrilled for you and your DH, but LOL at Typhoid Mary . Only another five weeks to your 12 week scan. Have you joined an ante natal thread yet?

I've had no more cramps since - not even a twinge. I am not overly anxious about them, but they were quite odd for me, especially mid-cycle.

will pop back in later,

GGx

Thanks GG . The photos are a little odd - if she hadn't pointed things out to me I'd have been stumped! Fingers crossed for you that those cramps are a good sign . Odd crampy feelings were my only 'symptom' - happened only a few times but enough to go 'ow' each time!

Wow, congratulations Caitni. I know those early scans can be a bit blurry but how great to see everything as it should be. And I told you it was a singleton!

GG how are you holding up on your 2ww? I've got everything crossed for you. I guess those cramps could be implantation cramps, although with things like that people only every recognise what they were with hindsight! Anyway, I hope that's what they are!

I imagine MOB might well be home by now with her two small chaps. If so, I hope they're settling in well MOB and am looking forward to seeing some photos (only when you have time though ).

Courgette is behaving just like her big sister and spending all of her time sticking her bottom into my ribs which makes sitting at a desk tres comfortable (stretching ribs, anyone?). I've tried prodding her but all that happens is I get a tender tum! It's weird, I am not even 26 weeks and feel like I am at least 30-odd. If this baby is too small, I'm a Dutchman! Right, must waddle off to the kitchen to heat up fish pie.

Hope that everyone else is well and that life is being kind.

MrsH sounds like little courgette will indeed be an acrobat then (was laughing at your 'If this baby is small' comment!). Nearly 26 weeks - wow, getting closer to the home stretch

PS Meant to say to GG that I did join an antenatal thread but am a little scared of it - moves very quickly and lots of people on it and everyone seems to be dying of MS...when I've had barely any nausea it contributed a lot to my worries about the scan . Am going to post on it just in case anyone else is having no symptoms (bar acne and exhaustion and constipation!) and can feel a bit reassured by no MS. But they're not a fraction as nice as the wimbewaif club! I vote we stick around until the last of us graduates!

Fantastic news caitni, hurrah for your little bean!! Don't worry about a lack of MS, you are just lucky, and lucky about the lack of period cramps too!!! I'm particularly about that.

GG Sounds like good symptoms. I had weird cramps and was very bloated. Eeek, I'm v excited for you.

DD is very well thanks. We didn't go to the seaside at the weekend, just a trip to visit some friends. We are off to the seaside for a week on Saturday though. I feel like GG with all these trips away!

Caitni I just wanted to let you know that I had no MS at all with DD. I was tired and spotty and my boobs were sore but that was really it. A lack of MS means nothing at all (and there is still plenty of time for it to kick in!).

Have been lurking and stalking the wimbewaifers for the past few weeks and felt it was about time I posted.

First of all huge congrats to MOB on her two little boys!

Great news Caitni on seeing your little bean's heart pumping away. I remember seeing that and being able to totally relax and enjoy the first trimester from that point.

GG good luck with your two embryos on board. I hope being off work means you get to relax more and also avoid annoying Swine Flu carriers who insist on going into work to infect other people.

bucky and PnM hope you both don't have to spend too long on Clomid.

mrsh sounds like your new job is working out well, even if your baby is trying to make it as uncomfortable as possible.

Waves to jb ei and did I see mibbes on here too?

All is ticking along in the DG house. I've had a couple of part-time freelance projects come along which has sort of worked out but is still a huge juggling act between dh, my mum and I with childcare. Doing 5 weeks fulltime in august which I had been looking forward to (no more juggling) but the closer it gets the more I feel I will miss DS.
We've embarked on a big MN no-no - controlled crying. It's very hard going but physically easier than holding and rocking ds for hours and hours every night, so we're sticking with it for another week or so to see if it works. Once we've cracked his night sleeps I'm sure he'll be the happy little boy he usually is. I can't believe he'll be one year old next month!!

Will have to think about rejoining you for ttc#2 soon in a few months. Am broody but actually a lot more wary of the whole process now that I've been through it once already. Maybe that means I'm not that broody

hi ladies

just a quickie to say...

caitni congrats on the good scan so so happy for you poor your DH though hope he gets better soon
GG sounds good i am rather hopeful for you
hope everyone else is doing well
xx ei xx